Saswata wrote:
Top Posting, per se, (I believe) is not a bad idea, specially when the
has only one point or topic. But ofcourse, in a mailing list, it would
then
be necessary to delete all un-necessary parts of the quoted text
*chop*
IMHO, top posting is a disease! However, top-posting is acceptable to many people because they have traditional sets of experiences where every official letter begets another one in reply.
But when one uses e-mail, it is easy to forget the basic fact regarding electronic text. Electronic text is editable! So it is not only logical but actually helpful to tuck in replies at the appropriate place. This accelerates comprehension. Another added benefit is that it becomes even more easy to have a look at the gist of the entire discussion.
Warm regards,
Amol Hatwar.